Machine for filling boxes.



M. PAmooN. MACHINEFOR FILLING BOXES. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 22, l9l5.RENEWED SEPT\ II. I9I8. l800762o Patented Apr. 15, 1012).

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M. PARIDON.

MACHINE FOR FILLING BOXES.

APPLICATION FILED 1uNE22. 1915. RENEwEDsEPT.1|.191s.

' Patented l@pla-15,1919.

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IVI. PARIDON.

MACHINE FOR FILLING BOXES. APPLICATION FILED IuNEzz. 1915. RENEwEDsEPT.II. 191s.

1,300,762. Patented Apr. 15, 1919.

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M. PARIDON.

MACHINE FOR` FILLING BOXES.

APPLIATIoN IILEDIUNE22.1915. RENEWED SEPT. 11. 1918.

1,300,762., Patented Apr. 15, 1919.

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M. PAIIIDON.

' MACHINE FOR FILLING oxEs. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 22. I9I5. RENEWEDSEPT. II 1918.

MICHAEL rAnIDoN, or BARBERTON, omo, AssIGNon. To IHF. DIAivIoN'nivIArcIIcomANY, or cnIcAco, ILLINoIs, A CORPORATION or ILLINOIS..

MACHINE FOR vIeILILIIlNTG- BOXES'.

4To all whom t 'may concern: y

Be it known that I, MICHAEL PARIDoN, a

citizen of the United States, and resident of v Barberton, in the countyof Summit and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Machines for Filling Boxes, of which the following is aspecication.

- This invention relates to machines for lilling match boXes, moreespecially the trayand-shuck form of box.

The invention particularly though not veX- clusively concerns certainimprovements in the automatic match-box filling machine illustrated inLetters Patent of the United States No. 1,064,452, dated June 10, 1913.4In that machine the boxes are deposited upon an endless chain conveyerand thereby impelled consecutively to and past the delivery end of thematch machine, beingthus supplied with matches. The lled trays arecarried to and between t'wo conveyers, one of which, termed aplunger-conveyer, bears a series of plungers, and the other of which,

termed a .shuck-conveyer, carries the.-

match shucks or slides for the trays. The

lplung'ers are successively reciprocated during their travel adjacentthe `filled trays, so as to push the opposing trays from thetrayconveyer and insert them into the complementaryshucks on theadjacent shuck-conveyer, all as will onore fully appear by reference tosaid Letters Patent. f

The obj ect of my invention is to provide a machine of the charactermentioned whereby a uniform and rapid feedin and delivery'of the matchesto the matchox trays is attained; whereby the efficiency ofthe mechanismfor positioning the empty trays and their complementary shucks or coversin relation to each other is increased, and whereby the filled trays areaccurately and positively entered in their shucks or covers.

Accordingly the invention comprises various features of construction andcombinations of parts which will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings- Figure'l is a side elevation of a match-box fillingmachine embodying apreferred form Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. I5, i919.

Renewed September 11, 1918. Serial No. 253,647.

of my invention; the match-feeding hopper being partly broken away, andafragment of the match carrier of the match machine being indicated bydotted lines at the receiving end of the hopper.

Fig. 2 is av plan" of the machine, showing several filled trays andshucks on the trayand-shuck conveyer, and the progressive operation ofthe plungers on the trays Fig. 3 isa transverse vertical section,enlarged, on a plane through the upper runs of the tray-and-shuckconveyer and the plunger conveyer, as on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4\ is a transverse vertical section through the machine on a planeintersecting the delivery end of the match feeding hopper, as on theline 4 4 of Fig. l. n

iFig. 5- is a partial vertical section, as on the line 5 5 of Fig. 1,showing the shuck inserting lever, the cam and spring for actuating thesame, and adjuncts.

Fig. 6 is a similar section, as on the line 6 6 of Fig. 1, showing thelower runs of the tray-and-shuck conveyer and the plunger conveyer, andadjuncts.

Fig. 7 is a plan of the delivery orthroat end of the shuck-supply chute,showinga link of the tray-and-shuck conveyer, and the vibratory leverhead for transferring the shucks successively to the conveyer. In thisview shucks are shown in the chute and in the delivery or throat portionthereof, and the head is illustrated as retracted preparatory to itsactive stroke; A

Fig. 8 is 'an end elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 7, the outery endplate of the delivery throat being removed.

Fig. 9vis a longitudinal section through the delivery throat of thechute, as on the line 9 9 of Fig. 7.

Fig. 10 is a transverse vertical section through the tray-feeding guideand adjuncts, showing the frictional feeding devices for the trays.

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-bersof the conveyer. In'this view the gage or throat piece at thedelivery end of the hopper and also the adjacent portion of the guardrod are shown.

Fig. 12 is a plan of the lower or delivery end of the hopper.

Fig. 13 is a side elevation of the same, and adjuncts.

Fig. 14 isa transverse section through the hopper, as on the line 1414of Fig. 13.

Fig. 15 is a longitudinal vertical section, partly in elevation, of oneend of the plunger conveyer and its adjuncts, as on the line 15-15 ofFig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, 20 designates an elongated hopper to one endof which matches are delivered from a suitable source of supply, as, forexample,'the endless match carrier of a continuous match. machine; apart of which carrier is indicated by dotted lines at 21 in Fig. 1.- Theform of hopper illustrated comprises an inclined bottom 22 having twoparallel sides 23 providing between them a space slightly greater inwidth than the length of a match. The lower ends of the sides arehorizontally extended, as at 24, and their outer extremities areconnected by a transverse end plate 25 which is appropriately recessedon its lower edge, as at 26, for the free passage of traveling bladedevices which will be hereinafter described. The side extensions and theadjacent part of the bottom overhang a horizontal bed or table 27 whichis supported by the standards of a suitable supporting frame 28. Thebottom is provided wi-th a suitably-disposed slide 29 which is mountedon a guidepiece 30 on the table, so as to permit longitudinal vibrationof the hopper. The bottom is also provided with depending lugs 31 whichembrace an eccentric carried by a shaft 32 which is driven in anysuitable manner, so as to eiect the rapid bodily vibration of the hopperand thus insure the feeding of the matches therealong from its upper toits lower or discharging end. (See Fig. 1).

A The lower end of the hopper-bottom is provided With a'longitudinalopening or slot for the free passage into and from the hopper of thetraveling blade devices above referred to. The inner portion 33 of thisopening is of less width than the length of a match, and hence, whilethe matches in the adjacent part of the hopper are supported at theirends, access can be had to the matches .throu h the opening.

row. The row of blades 35 is adapted to receive and carry match trays(37), and the row of blades 36 is adapted to receive and carry thecomplementary shucks or covers (38) for the trays. The conveyer chainpasses about wide' sprocket wheels 39, 40 mounted on transverse shafts41, 42, having their bearings in brackets beneath the table near itsrespective ends, the upper horizontal run of the chain traveling uponthe top of the table and the lower run upon the longitudinal guide raily43 supported by posts 44 on the main frame. Each ofthe shafts 41, 42bears at one end a pin' Wheel 45 with the successive pins 46 of whichengages a Worm wheel 47 on a power-driven main shaft 48 extendinglongitudinally of and having its bearings in boxes in the main frame.The contour of the worm wheel and the coperative relation of the partsare such that the endless conveyer is continuously driven. but yet slowsdown at the suc cessive points wherethe trays and shucks are appliedthereto, so as to facilitate the entrance of the trays and shucks to theconveyer as will presently appear. The location of this conveyerrelatively to the hopper is such that in thetravel of the conveyor aboutthe wheel 40 to a horizontal position, the reduced upper extensions 35of the blades 35 successively enter the slotted portion of the hopperbottom and separate and select an approximately measured quantity of theopposing mass of matches; thence as the conveyer progresses the bladesstandv upright and advance the thus gathered matches lalong-the narrowslotted portion of the bottom. See Fig. 11.

The box trays are delivered to the spaces between succeeding blades35-of the conveyor 34 at a point directly beneath the slotted ortion ofthe bottom where the blades are 1n upright position, or substantiallyso, the matches thus being supported above and in close relation to theinserted tray. (See Figs. 2 and 11.) The portion 33 of the slot in rearo f the tray is suiiciently wide to' permit the 'matches-to fall fromthe bottom of the hopper, and hence as each tray and the superposedmatches pass to and 'beyond the slotted portion 33 of the hopper thematches, being unsupported, are progressively deposited in theunderlying tray, their uniform descent being contributed to by the ishort rapid vibration of the hopper. ..The width of the space betweenthe side eXtensions 24 of the hopper is a trifle less than the length ofa tray, and the width of each space between adjacent blades 35 of theconveyer is a little greaterthan that of a tray.

l means, such for example, as spaced rotating 51 and, Perforce,advancing ortending to so on.

the conveyer Aare slightly pinched between the side extensions, and thelatter thus eifect vibration of the trays in contact therewith andinsure the settling of the matches within thetrays. i

` The trays are fed through a horizontal guide structure 49 on the tableto the spaces between the blades 35 of the conveyer, which guidestructure includes spaced top and bottom members arranged' to provide aguide wayat right angles to the upper horizontal run of the conveyer.The trays are fed end to end through the guide way from 'a suit-f` ablefeed trough 50 (Figs. 1. and 2) lead- 15 ing thereto froman'y convenientsource of tray supply, and they are movedA thence toward the conveyer byfrictional feeding rollers 51 the peripheries of which contact with therespective -sides ,of theopposing trays. These rollers are fast on thelower ends of vertical shafts 52 having their bearings in a' bracket 53which Vstraddles'the 4guide structure 49, the sides of the latter beingopen, as at 54, for the passage of the peripheries of therollers ,to theo posing See Fig.`.10.' Thel upper portions of the shafts 52 beargrooved sides of the trays.

pulleys 55 about which passes an endless belt 56 from a` bysuitably-disposed idlers 58. turns the pulleys 55`in thedirectionslndicated by the small arrows thereon in Fig. 2,

thus correspondingly turning the feed rollers advance the proximatetrays through the guide structure 49. Afs- 'the space between adjacentblades 35 reaches-la position in line vertically with the` axis ofthechain wheel 40, the leading trayis pushed into such space by thefrictional action ofthe rotating feed 'rollers on the adjacent trays,the rearward blade 35'immediately moving laterally of the inserted trayand acting as an end st o for the next .succeeding exterior tray untll'anothertray-receiving space of the conveyer is in alinement with vthelatter tray, and

Itis to be noted that the friction rollers 51 are driven at a highsurface speed compared with the speed of the conveyer' 34, so as toproject the leading trayffully upon the conveyer while the latter ismoving la substantially inappreciable distance; such tray whenpositioned upon the conveyer impinging against the opposite sideextension 24 of the match hopper. It is also. to be noted that 'theinner adjacent ends of the" two rows of blades 35, '36: are slightlyseparated, as at 59, toaccommodate the lower depending edge of the sideextension just mentioned, andv provide sufficient clearance for thetraveling conveyer.

j horizontal portion 63 which extends parallel grooved `drive wheel 57'on the' main shaft 48. The belt 56 on itsway from the drivewheel to thepulleys 55jis guided The belt 60 designates a rod extendinglongitudinally of the hopper so as to overhang and bear yieldingly uponthe mass of matches y during their descent and thus prevent theirwithand near to thehorizontal path of the blade extensions 35. Theportionl 63 is provided near its free end with flanged side pieces 63which overhang and rest upon the upper edges lof the side extensions ofthe `hopper and thus "permit limited yielding vertical movement of theguard member. This guard member thus provides for vthe lower portion ofthe hopper a yielding throat .structurewhich efe'ctually gages andlimits the levelof the matches flowing to and between the bladeextensions above tne trays while such extensions'are entering into andpassing through the lower portion of the hopper.

The shucks are 'delivered to thel spaces' formed 'by and betweensucceeding Vblades 36 of the conveyer; such shucks in the presentinstance'being fed in end to end procession along'a rearwardly extendingchute'64, the delivery end of-which lies adjacent the path of theblades36 and in substantial horizontal alinement` with the axisof thewheel 40. The chute comprises a bottom and-upstanding side walls spacedthereon to guide the shucks, end to end, with one of the long narrowsides of each shuck supported on the bottom. The side walls areterminate in advance of the delivery end of the chute to provide a spaceequal v`to the length of a shuck or substantially so, so that the shucksupon entering the space may be shifted latterally therein toward theconveyer.; (See Figs.`7, 8 and 9). VThe delivery end :of the chute isprovided with an end-plate 65 .which acts as a stop for the leadingshuck,

and-constitutes with the proximate parts of the chutev a throat' for theguidance of the 'shucks to the conveyer. Reciprocable within andtransversely of the throat is a head 66, thel face of which actingagainst the opposing shuck, moves it bodily toward the conveyer. This.lhead 66 is formed on' the upper end of a lever 67 which is fulcrumed atits lower end on a shaft supported in brackets '68 on the main frame.(See Figs. 1, 4 and 5). On the body of the lever is alaterally-projecting stud 69 bearing-an antifriction roller 70 which isheld yieldingly in contact with the flmction'al face of a cam 71 bymeans of a retracting spring 72 secured at its respective ends to thelever and to a pin 73 on a stationary bracket 74 on the frame. The camis mounted to turn loosely on the main shaft, said shaft being gearedwith the cam through anappropriate gear train. In the present instance,the main shaftbears a spur wheel76 which meshes with one, 77, of twospur wheels Sleeved to turn as a unit on a stud-shaft 78 rojecting from.the bracket 74 above reerred to, theother spur wheel, 7 9, of the pairmeshing with a spur wheel 80 on the hub of the cam 71. This cam isprovided with vtwo high points 81 diametrically opposite to each other,and the ratio of the gears is such that the lever 67 is rapidlyreciprocated when each succeeding shuckfreceiving space of the conveyeris positioned to receive a shuck laterally from the delivery throat ofthe shuck ch'ute. There is suiiicient space in the delivery throat,between the path of entrance of a shuck thereto and the conveyer, topermit the lever head in its acting stroke to advance two shucks, sideby side, toward the conveyer, one shuck entering the conveyer and theother remaining' in proximity thereto in position for insertion by thesucceeding active stroke of the lever head on the next shuck deliveredto the throat. I preferably arrange on the inner wall of the throat,adjacent the conveyer, a block 82 having a serrated friction face 83slightly wider than the open end of the shuck, so that eachV shuck whichis advanced in close relation 'to the path of the conveyer is grippedand held between the block and the outer wall of the throat luntil suchshuck is forced into the conveyer.

occupy a horizontal position in endwise re lation to the trays asn-thelatter are successively introduced to the conveyer. The shucks and traysthuslpositioned progress beyond the hopper, and thereafter the filledtrays are entered into their respective complementary covers on theconveyer.

In the present instance the trays are gradually pushed endwise into thecovers by means of an endless seriesof horizontallyrecprocative plungers84 which are mounted in spaced parallel relation to each other on anendless conveyer 85, the upper run of which is mounted and arranged totravel adjacent 'to, and in the same direction as, and concurrently withthe upper run of the tray-ancl-,shuck conveyer. Each plunger, in

`with au underbeveled nose` or shoulder which overhangs the opposing endof Athe tray when theehead impinges against the latter, and alsooverhangs and presses upon f endless series and supported by twosprocket i wheels 89,90, one, (89), of which is mounted on the shaftl41and the other (90) of which is 'mounted on a shaft 91 having itsbearings in brackets beneath the table. The shaft 91 is equipped witha-pin wheel 92, similarly to the shafts 41, 42, with the pins 93 ofwhich likewiseengages a worm wheel 94 on the main shaft. Thus theplunger conveyer is timely driven in respect to the trayand-shuckconveyer. plunger conveyer are provided on their outer faces withtransverse ribs 95 which provide parallel guide spaces for the plungers84. Alinement of the plunger studs with the ends of the cam-way 87 isinsured by their contact' with curved end irons 96 `1, 2 and 15.)

Beneath the horizontal run of the plunger conveyer 85'is a rail 97 whichserves as a guide and support for'the lower run of the conveyer in itstravel, and also as a guard to prevent the escape of the plungers fromthe conveyer. This rail is, in eii'ect, a part of the rail 43 abovereferred to, and is correspondingly supported-by the standards 44. Therails are provided with appropriate channels 98, 99 for the receptionrespectively of the blade extensions 35 of the conveyer 34, and theheads 84 of the plungers 84, as seen in Fig. 6.

I preferably provide a suitable hold-down device for the shucks in theregion of their.

' other end of the arm is pivoted to a suitably-disposed bracket 102 onthe table, and the block by its weight exerts sufcient holding pressureon the successive shucks passing thereunder at the instant the trays arebeing entered into the proximate open ends of the shucks. ('See Figs. 2and 3.,) The The links of the to afford .guides for the opposing endsyof the filled trays when they are being pushed 'into theircomplementary shucks. v

It is to be noted that the upper run of the conveyer 34 is guided alongthe top of the table by bars. 105, 106 which are aiixed tothe table inspaced parallel relation to each other, so as to extend `longitudinallyof the table inproximity to the respective edges of the said conveyer.The guide bar 105 along the rearward edge of the table is of suiiicientheight to serve as a stop for the opposing ends of the shucks while thetrays are being inserted thereinto. (See Fig. 2.).

The other bar 106 is iush with or below the upper surface of the bodyofthe conveyer bar 107 on the table, to guide thel upper run of theplunger yconveyer on the table. (See Fig. 3.) i

-I preferably though not necessarily mount` on the continuously-drivenshaft 91 of the vsprocket wheel 90 fr the plunger conveyer,

a corresponding sprocket wheel 90 which receives the links of thetray-and-'shuck conveyer and serves as an auxiliary driver therefor.

The shucks with the filled match' trays contained therein are'advancedby the carrier to alposition partially around the wheel 39 and they arethence discharged by gravlty down a chute 108 leading to a suitablereceiving table, as 109, as seen in Fig. 1.

It is to be noted that the speed of the trayandshuck conveyer may betimed to permit the feeding of two or more trays and two or more shucksto the conveyer at each. inserting operation of the feeding mechanisms,in which case .the plunger conveyer will be operated concurrently withthe tray-and-shuck conveyer. l

The tray feeding and tray .filling mechanisms herein illustrated formthe subject of a divisional application for patent led August 30th,1916, under Serial No. 1 17 ,589.

AMy invention `is net limited to the particular details of constructionshown and described, as the mechanisms maybe modified without departurefrom the fair spirit of the invention.

said head Ibeing adapted in one active imvactuating said head.

tion of a conveyer having spaced shuckholding members therein, means formoving said conveyer, a guide-way for box shucks, said guide-way havinga, delivery throat adjacent the path of the conveyer, a friction elementin awall of said throat in close relation. to the conveyer, a headmovable in said throat toward and from the conveyer,

pulse to move a shuck into engagement with said friction element and inanother active impulse to movel such shuck .into the space betweensuccessive members, and means for 3. 'In a box-filling machine, thecomlbination with an endless chain conveyer having spaced shuck-holdingblades thereon, and sprocket wheels whereby said conveyer is guided intwo longitudinal paths, of means whereby shuck trays' are supportedlaterally adjacent the conveyer as it travels from one path to theother, and means whereby the shucks thus supported are progressively fedto the conveyer. A 100 4..-In a box-filling machine, the combinationwith an endless chain conveyer having spaced shuck-holding bladesthereon, and sprocket wheels whereby said conveyer is guided in upperand lower horizontal 10E paths, of means whereby shuck trays aresupported laterally adjacent the conveyer as it travels from the lowerto the upper path, and means whereby the shucks thus supported areprogressively fed to the con- 11n veyer. v

5. In a box-filling machine, `the combination of a conveyer comprisingan .endless chain of links having lengthwise thereof two rows of spacedtransverse blades, means for ll inserting box-trays'between thesuccessive blades of one row, means for inserting boxshucks between thesuccessive blades of the other row, means for supplying matches to thetrays ony the conveyer, and means for lshucks between the successive blales of the other row, means for supplying matches to the trays on theconveyer, and means for pushing the filled trays into theircomplementary shucks on the conveyer.

7. In a box-filling machine, the combination of a conveyer comprising anendless chain of links having two rows of spaced transverse bladesextending longitudinally of the conveye'r, said rowsbeing lseparatedfrom each other to provide a channel throughout the length of theconveyer, means for inserting box-trays between the successive blades ofone row, meansfor inserting box-shucksybetween the successive bladesofthe other row, a hopper for supplying matches to the trays on theconveyer, said hopper having a wall entering the channel between the tworowsof blades, and means for pushing the filled trays into theircomplementary shucks on the conveyer. A

8. In a box-filling machine, the combination of a conveyer comprising anendless chain of links having tworows of spaced blades extendinglongitudinally of the conveyer theinner ends of the blades of one rowhaving beveled guide and stop portions, means for inserting box shucksbe- 'tween the successive blades having such portions, 'means forinserting box trays between the successive blades of the other row,

- means for supplying matches to the trays on the conveyor, and meansfor pushing the illed trays into their complementary shucks on theconveyer.

' Signed at'Barberton in the county of Summit and State of Ohio this19th day of June A. D. 191.5.

MICHAEL PARIDON.Y

